The Indiana Pacers entered Saturday night with a 3-2 series lead and a golden opportunity to close out the series on their home floor—and they did just that, advancing to the NBA Finals for the first time since 2000.

Oklahoma City spent most of the regular season alone atop the Western Conference standings and just kept adding to its lead. Indiana didn't spend a single day atop the Eastern Conference standings and was still under the .

Oklahoma City swept the season series with Indiana 2-0, part of a regular season where the Thunder went 29-1 against the Eastern Conference.

Here are the winners and losers from the closeout game of the Eastern Conference finals between the Indiana Pacers and New York Knicks:

The Knicks kept their Eastern Conference Finals playoff hopes alive against the Pacers after another big night from two of their top stars.

The run of “Inside the NBA” on TNT came to an end Saturday night after nearly four decades as a fixture of the league.

The Thunder secured a spot in the NBA Finals and await the winner of the Pacers-Knicks series. Here's the full schedule for the NBA playoffs.

Tom Thibodeau is taking heat for the Knicks' loss to the Pacers in the Eastern Conference Finals, but he has support in the organization.